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Re: HELP NEEDED SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN IRELAND



In article <57flr4$ibn@news.inforamp.net>, dlj@pobox.com wrote:

> My only point was that it was an unproductive technology.

Monoculture, growing only one cash crop, is the "modern" way to grow food.
Sustainable agriculture involves growing several complementary crops. This
monoculture, growing only potatoes, was forced on the Irish by English
landowners. All other crops were shipped to England. Economically, they
had no choice but to grow potatoes for their own use. This isn't bad
technology, it's mercantilism.

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